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Edit: Thanks Butch. Grendel99 is right and I don't mind him saying it. I just updated my sig to reflect the recent changes. I do use a Black Ice Extreme ducted to ambient air mounted above the power supply. The PS support bracket was removed so I could cut a hole in it and a new rear plate was made so I could mount the power supply normally instead of upside down. That way the second fan in the PS is not obstructed. The water blocks are Swiftech MCW5000's so all I can take credit for is the plumbing.

Thats quite a water block you have there GeForce_tw.

Crusader, my reported CPU temps running two applications of distributed folding in 21C ambient for CPU1/CPU2 are 34C/35C, or 93.2F/95F measured with Digital Doc5 sensors taped to the CPU. MBM5 is way too generous, reads much lower. Temps are similar to the Maze3's I had using the same sensors. Right now I am at default with no increased vcore.

While the Ehiem 1250 pump would fit in the lower 5.25 bays with an elbow on the outlet, I chose to use the smaller Swiftech pump.

I have been busy and haven't finished it yet. I am working on a round reservoir to replace the rectangular one at the top of the case. While a larger heater core would give me better temps, I am after appearance with acceptable performance. A larger radiator at the top would mean no lighted reservoir with my current configuration, and I want to retain the laser lit res.

Eventully someone will notice or mention that one water block appears to be mounted upside down on the MSI K7D Master board. Since the MCW5000 water block base is not machined to be directional, and the name on it is so noticable, I swapped the unequal length retention bracket springs so I could ignore the "this side to cam socket" sticker and mount both blocks with the name right side up.

Lian Li gets a sunroof

well, while my new radeon card is taking forever to get here, I've been working on some more case mods since I had to return a cracked reservoir and the hole I made for the reservoir in the top of the case looked silly, I decided to put a window in the top panel.

maybe I need to get a clear 12cm fan or paint the BIX...

If I choose to go with a reservoir again, I can drill a hole in the plexi. would look good as you could see the whole reservoir for the eye candy factor as well as to keep an eye out for any leaks!

Here's a few pictures of my watercooling setup. It's not complete, I still need to fabricate some kind of shroud on the heater core.
I would love some suggestions for that. I have a sweet 160mm fan that I'd love to mod to it.

Let me know what you guys think!

Pogrom has decided to veto his signature in hopes that spam happy forum pic monkeys will follow in suit.

the case is actually long and skinny. I had to do quite a bit of dremel work in order to hide some wiring. Not everything is nice and tidy yet. As you can see, in the previous pic w/ the cathode light, the pump is tipping slightly. This is due to the hard drive cables pushing on the pump. I'll clean it up once i get more free time.

The arrows show where parts of the case were cut in order to let the wires pass through.